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VOL. VIII. NO. 42.
m OF TIIE m
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
tSMSR TICKS FROM THE WIRES
. interesting Collection of Item* From
A" th.- Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.
A highbinder war has again broken
out in San Francisco.
Four companies of engineers have
b een ordered by the war department to
Havana.
Ex-Qneen Lilioukalani has arrived
in c an Francisco on a visit to this
country. - .
The president lias appointed John
Morgan collector of customs for the
Southern district of Oregon.
" policeman Luke Curry, of Great
Falls, Mont., was mistaken for a bur
glar,"sin* and instantly killed by Isaac
Shaker, a merchant.
Both branches of the Vermont legis
lature passed a joint resolution approv
ing president McKinley's demands for
the letention of the Philippines.
Rear-Admiral Joseph N. Miller, who
hoiete,! the American flag over Hawaii
on Atgast 12 last, has retired after
spending 47 years in active service.
The London Chronicle criticizes the
action of the United States in killing
Canadian shipping trade with Porto
Rico, ami speculates as to the meaning
of the action.
Sixteen families of Canyon City, Or.,
],ft boneless by the recent fire, are
shelterless and in dire distress. A
Portland evening paper is collecting
contributions to relieve them.
Acting on the recommendation of
Captain Dickens, Secretary Long has
increased the ago requiromont in the
case of apprentices admitted to the
n.wal service trom 14 to 15 years.
According to a plan of Secretary
Ga^e, paper money is to bo made uni
finm, and bills of one denomination
must all look alike. It is thought this
trill make easier the detection of coun
terfeits.
It is represented by a dispatch from
San Jose, Ca\., that the prunegrowera
of that vicinity charge that Oregon
prunes ijare been gold there and
shipped East as Santa Clara county
prunes.
The San Francisco Examiner says:
i less than five now sugar companies
kve been incorporated in the Hawaiian
islands, and within two years from
now the output of raw sugar will be in
creased considerably.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
American vessels are in scanty supply
and that shippers are forced to resort
largely to foreign ships. Over $200,
--000,000 will he paid this year to own
era of vessels under foreign flags by
Americans.
England is rushing munitions of war
to Esquimau It. The intention appar
ently is in case of war to fit out war
ehipe and transports at Esquimault for
service in Eastern waters, and to draw
whatever troops are needed for the
British forces in India.
Dr. Stephen B. Tyng, president of
the American Chamber of Commerce
died in Paris.
The First Illinois volunteer infantry,
which «w service in the trenches at
Mntiago, has been mustered out of
service.
Advices received from Seoul say the
wen government has issued orders
bat foreigners are to be stopped from
trading in the interior.
The four-masted schooner Talofa,
wptam Fletcher, from Uuantanamo
2 ort Tampa, in ballast, has been
otaiiv wrecked on Cozumel island, off
■« eastern coast of Yucatan, and the
"Plain and seven of the men have- ar
:' Te< at Progreso, two of the men hav
lllg been drowned.
The ship Atlanta, which sailed from
i««>n>a, loaded with wheat for Cape
1.71 lan ashore near Alsea bay. She
"Ma crew of 27 men, only two of
br ;t m . got ashore. The vessel "was
<»"n in two, and is probably a total
Charles tcV^T™*^ * 08^ 0.
Jk I ! rei f ht trainß on the Chicago,
& Pacific collided at Mos
isju'rei' °m man was killed and one
abonVr A Peking train whioh was
°wt to start to the scene from Wilton
IT Into b?a fast mail train.
It L » an of the mail tialn was bad
iS an 16 menof the work train
J"red» some seriously.
*iontr a^ merican and Spanish oommis
the «c in agreeing upon January 1 as
(V) a 7 ,of s P ani sh evacuation ■• of
De!P« a preceden fa the treaty
t*e e ; v entered »nto 50 years ago be
*he *° and the United^ States
date of \ greement as made as to the
cease Th 6 Amerlcan occupation to
that all tu' aa now« U was known
harki 7 V roOpa coald not be em-
o 'eti C aiiv ?e ate agreed UDOD- : The
cease I. Spanish occupation will
S i Tl l * thoa 8h !t is: believed
re^in in Cuba Dieb troops wili: BtiU
Mluor Sew, Item..
M»n^ X t dDniVer6ityPreßßhaßa
lan §«sges PnntiDg 150 different
&ailwaT S p L°uifil Peoria & Northern
18 the 8 t ? mpany has been reorganized
The!•", Louis & Northern Short Line.
Ioe« lc!? 8 lateCuba° general
! Qr rati 0n8 ot a wa! n l of the ; aPPWcantt
Nation L \ the American free di.-
depots at Santiago. She had
fcanj Wee^ c verge of starvation (of
« . ■ - ■ - •
Che San luan Islander.
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1898.
LATER NEWB.
The official count on the late election
for the bead of the ticket (governor) in
Nebraska has been completed and shows
a fusion majority of 2, 721.
The commissary department has dis
patched the steamer Biatten from Ba
vanah with 700 tons of provisions for
the starving people of Cuba.
The Baldwin hotel on Market street,
San Francisco, waa destroyed by fire
and two lives are known to have been
lost, with a possibility of more.
Prospects are good for an early settle
ment of the Behring sea sealing ques
tion by the Anglo-American commis
sion now in session at Washington.
The price of whisky has been ad
vanced one cent. The causes of the
advance were a strong demand for corn,
the stiffness of the market and a orop
shortage.
A three-story building in San Fran
cisco, occupied by Chinese, was de
stroyed by fire and two of the inmates,
Wong Quay and Wong Gow, were
burned to death.
Colonel Charles Smart, depnty sur
geon-general of the army says the sick
ness and mortality during the war with
Spain was not relatively so great as that
onr volunteer troops suffered during the
civil war.
Stockholders of the Eeeley Motor
Company have not abandoned the hope
that the secret of the life work of John
W. Eeeley will not be buried with the
inventor. His papers will be secured
and the woik carried on.
Late advices from Salvador via Nica
ragua indicate that the revolt is more
seiious than at first thought. It may
involve all the five states in a general
conflagration. According to advices,
the real object of the movement is the
overthrow of the federal republic,
which was organized November 1 at
Amapala.
The treasury department has reoom
mended to the secretary of war that
quinine be admitted into the countries
of Cuba and Porto Rico free of duty.
Under the Spanish laws the duty on
quinine was about $18 a pound. The
war department undoubtedly will con
cur in the treasury department's recom
mendation.
Complete returns have been received
of the casualties of the Santiago cam
paign. The adjutant-general's office
has divided the campaign into different
dates and periods. The statement
shows: La Qaasina, June 24—Killed,
one officer and 15 men; wounded, sii
officer?, 44 men. San Joan, July 1—
Killed, four officers and 184 men;
wounded, 69 officers and 988 men. El
Caney, July I—Killed, four officers, 84
men; wounded, 24 officers, 884 men.
Aguadores, July 1 and 2 —Wounded,
two officers, 10 men. Around Santiago,
July 10 to 12—Killed, one officer, one
man; wounded, one officer, 28 men.
The war department has decided not
to occupy Cienfuegos before January 1.
Governor Tanner has issued a procla
mation declaring Pana, 111., under
martial law.
Captain McCalla has wiied the nary
department that he has abandoned the
cruiser Maria Teresa.
Nine millions and a quarter ia the
price the Union Pacific. Denvei & Gulf
railroad brought at foreclosure sale.
The reorganization committee was the
purchaser.
Senator Quay. Pennsylvania's po
litical boss, is in serious trouble. Five
indictments which are not easily ex
plained away, have been returned by
the grand jury.
A number of Filipinos hare arrived
in San Francisco on their way to Wash
ington to look after their claims
against the government for damages
sustained by the American Invasion of
Manila.
Star Pointer, the famous paoer with
the world's record of 1:59^4 for a mile,
was sold in New York to W. J. White,
of Cleveland, 0., lor |15,000, $600 less
than he was sold for In 1897 to James
A. Murphy, of Chloago.
Late advices from Japan state that
10,000 more fishermen living on Etrup
island, northern Japan, are on the
verge of starvation. Some have noth
ing to eat, while others are existing on
rats and putrefied herrings.
The Spanish mail steamer San Au
gustin, which sailed from Kuevitas for
Spain, carried the Columbus monu
ment, formerly in the oathedial at
Havana, with 287 boxes of archives.
She took also 28 officers and 160 sol
diers.
President Brown, of Norwich nnl
versity, has received a personal letter
from Admiral Dewey, in which the ad
miral eaye: "I trust the entire archi
pelago will be retained by (be United
States. Any otljer arrangements will
lead to no end of trouble."
The semi-official Journal de St.
Petersburg repudiates the anti-Ameri
can views with reference to the Philip
pine islands recently expounded by the
Bourse Gazette, which, it declares, in
no way represents the views held in
leading Russian circles.
Nearly all the backs of the White
river Utes. and part of the Uintah tribe
are off the reservation, and probably a
great many of them are in Colorado.
The Indians say if the government
won't pay for the land they bought
from them they will hunt oa II as often
as they can get there to bant.
Mrs. William P. flavemeyer died at
her home in New Yoik of pleurisy.
Secretary Alger has ordered the entire
army armed with Krag-Jorgensens
It is understood that negotiations to
revive the steel rail pool are under way
at Pittsburg.
Rev. Samuel Collerd Bartlett, former
ly president of Dartmouth college, died
at his home at Hanover, N. H., of
acute indigestion, after a little over a
week's duration. *
KILLED BY INDIANS
Passengers of the Jessie Were
Brutally Massacred.
VICTIMS NUMBERED FIFTEEN
Tngtd; Occurred at the Month of th«
Kuskowin Itiver—Story Brought
From Nunivak.
Port Townsend. Wash., Hoy. 34.—1f
the story of R. Molokoff, who arrived
here today from Nunivak island,
Alaska, is true, the passengers and
crew of the steamer Jessie, numbering
16, were not drowned at the mouth of
the Kuskowin river, as reported several
weeks ago, but were murdered by In
dians.
Molokoff says just before he left
Nunivak island the Indian wife of a
hunter and trader, named Marsten, re
turned to Nunivak from Euskowin,
where she bad been visiting relatives,
and reported that when the steamer
Jessie and barge Minerva went ashore
in the breakers, a large number of In
dians were on the beach and rendered
assistance In getting the whites ashore
and saving supplies from the barge.
After being comfortably camped, the
Indians demanded a larger portion of
the supplies as payment for services,
which, according to the Indian woman's
story, was refused. A few nights later,
while all were asleep, the Indians made
a rush on the oamp, killing the entire
party, including Missionary Webber,
his wife and child. After the massacre,
the bodies were stripped of clothing and
valuables. They were then taken in
canoes a considerable distance from
shore and thrown in the sea.
Molokoff's story is partially corrob
orated by a letter from Marsten, re
ceived by Barneson & Chilcott, who
owned an interest in the Jessie. Mar
sten asks for an investigation, and says
that the Indians on the Kuskowin are
becoming very insolent They claim
that section as their hunting and fish
ing grounds, and do not want whites to
trespass, and threaten to make trouble
for all prospectors.
Winter Post* Established.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 24.— E. A.
Dixon, a mounted policeman, arrived
today fiom Dawson. fie says winter
posts have been established by the
police from Lake Bennett to Dawson.
They are located 80 miles apart. Dog
teams will travel between and carry
mail. Louis Dahlmann, of Dyea, was
frozen to death, November 12, on Chil
koot pass. He started for Lake Linde
mann in a blizzard.
PROUD CASTILIANS.
Will Befuie to Accept Money for the
Philippine*, bat Will Sign Treaty.
Paris, Nov. 24.—The Spanish peace
commissioners last night telegraphed
to Madrid the substance of the United
States' memorandum presented yester
day, and late yesterday evening they
were discussing it among themselves.
As late as 1 o'clock this morning a
Spanish commissioner affirmed that his
colleagues did not know what to do re
garding the American offer. There is
a difference of opinion among unofficial
people near the commissions, but the
prediction Is made that Spain will de
cline the American offer of money.
She will refuse to cede the Philippines
and will say to the United States:
"Yon may take the archipelago be
cause you^have the power to do so. As
yon advance we will retire, protesting
against the greedy aggression. We
will faithfully carry out our part of the
pledges, and leave Cuba and Porto Rico
In your hands. You came to engage
in a discussion nnder the terms of the
protocol, but yon evidently meant,
when drawing up that document, to
provide a conference in which, though
we differ man to man, you proposed to
announce at the proper time what yon
would do, whether we agreed to it or
objected. Such an attitude robs the
conference of a negotiative character,
and sets up the United States as a dom
inant power, whose first purpose is to
listen, but whose ultimate determina
tion is to do its own will."
As a matter of fact, Senor Morrtero
Rlos is reported to have used virtually
such language and arguments as the
foregoing. He said more, even indi
cating a high degree of exasperation at
the American offer of 120,000,000.
His manner, no less than his words,
betrayed bis repugnance
AT THEIR OLD TRICKS.
Spanish OfflolmU a* ••« Juan Arrested
for Boodllng.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Nov. 24.—
Jose E. flernandea, an engineer; Mar
tin Rivera, a foreman, and Francisco
Noa, a cashier in the department of
harbor works, have been arrested
charged with misappropriation of
funds. A detective learned the t the
department carried "dummies" on its
payroll, and charged expenses In con
nection with a dredge whioh has long
been out of commission. Major Root,
who examined the books of the depart
ment, discovered other irregnlarlties,
and the arrests followed. The abnaea
prevailed under the Spanish regime,
and have been continued under Amer
ican role. The examination of the
prisoners is to take place shortly.
. . Attack •■And In the South. .. . A
Dallas, Tex. Nov. 84.—Reports from
the cattle and sheepralsing districts of
Northwestern Texas. Oklahoma and In
dian territory ahow heavy losses be
came of the blinard that has prevailed
in these sections since last Sunday
night
;. ■' - - " Alaska rottauutef. .'; ' -.-
Washington, Nov. 88.—The first ap
pointment of a postmaster in Akuka for
a long period was made today, BmanoeJ
Neilton being najaed at Sumdoni. •
BPAIN IN DOUBT.
I« Considering the American Ulttmatnm
—Further Delay la Impossible.
Paris, Nov. 28.— The United States
peaoe commissioners have undoubtedly
made their final proposition here.
When the conference opened this after
noon, Judge Day, addressing Senor
Montero Rios and his colleagues of the
Spanish commission recurred to the
protracted negotiations, and reaffirmed
the desire of the American commis
sioners to reach an amicable conclusion.
Then, handling the American presen
tation to the interpreter, Judge Day
concluded bis remarks by saving that
the Americans, preferring not to break
the armistice or to resume hostilities,
had determined to present another and
final proposition, which he hoped would
lead to a speedy and amicable adjust
ment.
That portion of the presentation set
ting forth the new proposal, the pro
posal that tho United States must have
possession of the entire Philippine
archipelago, with a tender of #20,000,
--000 for a treaty cession of the islands,
was then read. Without betraying
their mental attitude,the Spanish com*
miesionera suggested an adjournment
until next day.
The new proposition, with its col
laterals, was embodied toward the end
of the American memoranda, which
filled 80 typewritten sheets. Only this
part was read in the joint session, the
memorandum then being delivered to
the Spaniards for translation by their
own staff.
Spain's proposition to invoke the
offices of a third power to construe the
words "control, disposition and gov
ernment of the Philippines" was re
jected by the American commissioners
on the ground that the diction of the
third article of the protocol, dealing
with the Philippines, is so broad and
olear as to afford no justification for ar
bitration as between the patties to the
agreement.
An analysis of the American memo
randum shows that all other sugges
tions and other considerations hinga
upon treaty cession at the amount
named by the United States, and
within two weeks. In the event of
cession. Spain may enjoy for a term of
12 years rights of commerce In the
Philippines equal to those of the
United States. If the United States
acquires the Islands by conquest, Spain
may not enjoy such rights.
Should Spain refuse cession, she
would remain liable for Indemnity
claims, national and individual, since
the outbreak of the last Cuban insur
rection. Should she refuse, she would
also lose, probably, as further indem
nity for the expense of conquest, one
of the Carolines, which she may now
sell; and other cable privileges with
Spanish jurisdiction might be taken by
the United States without any return
for them. This evening the Spaniards
doubtless do not know whether they
will accept or reject the American
terms. They are telegraphing the sub
stance of the American memorandum
to Madrid, and they expect a reply at
the next meeting.
Possibly they may conclude that be
cause one money offer is made, another
and larger offer may follow pressure
upon the American commissioners.
But If this be their expectations, it
wUI not be realized. The American
terms, submitted almost at the close of
the eighth week of patient hearing and
painstaking argument, are a practical
ultimatum.
Surprising Act of Generosity.
London, Nov. 28.—The morning
papers concede the generosity of the
offersjof the United States peace com
missioners and express the opinion that
Spain would be foolish to reject them.
They express universal gratification at
the announcement of an "open door"
policy in the Philippines.
The Daily Mail calls the offer of
$20,000,000 as indemnity, "a surpris
ing aot of gerierosity."
HY STONE'S STORY. .
Explorer Tells a Racy Tale or Firs and
Firewater.
Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 88.—-Hy
Stone, formerly United States govern
ment explorer in Alaska, met 600
would-be Klondikers returning from
the Edmunton route, at the juncture of
the Mackenzie and Laird rivers. Those
who returned by way of Laird river
have reached Vancouver in safety after
passing through great peril. Stone ao
oompanied them, and it is alleged that
on the second night they camped at the
foot of a cliff rising 500 feet sheer from
the river. Natural gas was escaping
from the sides of the cliff. About
midnight, so it is stated, the sides of
the oliff broke forth in flames, the fire
being started by hostile Indians of the
Si wash tribes. The natives appeared
in war paint, and demanded wnisky,
which the prospectors did not have.
For three days the demand was repeat
ed, when the Indians fired a volley at
the whites, which was returned, and
the Siwashes fled. Stone says be noti
fied the government, but nothing was
done. He did not know any of the
white men.
Monument Unveiled.
Shanghai, Nov. 23.-—Prince Henry
of Prussia today anveiled the mono*
ment to the officeia and sailors of the
German third-class cruiser Iltis, which
was lost in a typhoon on July 23,1896,
north of the Shan Tang promontory.
The ceremony was very impressive.
A large fore* of German sailors and
marine! were present, with American,
British and Austrian sailors. The
Shanghai volunteers were also repre
sented.
Surgeon-General George M. Stem
berg has made his report to the seore
taryof war. It relates mainly to the
work of the medical corps during the
war. The surgeon-general says sop
plies were short when war began, and
that much of the. sickness among the
troops was caused by dissipation. J
WORK WAS STOPPED
Northern Pacific Not to Cross
Lapwai Reservation.
MUST FIEST HAVE AUTHORITY
Engineers Bay They Will Walt far Per
mit and Settle Right-of-way
Claims in Advance.
Lewiston. Idaho, Nov. 88. — The
Northern Pacific let a contract to Wren
& Greenough, of Montana, for the con
struction of a section of road on Lapwai
creek. The agents of these contractors
arrived last week, and began prepara
tions for grading a roadbed along the
narrow Lapwai valley. This valley is
all settled by Indians, except a half
mile adjacent to the Clearwater river,
and the present line of the Northern
Pacific road. The Indians hold these
homes very sacred, as they were inher
ited from their fathers and then allot
ed to them by the government. They
protested against trespass, although
the railway agents offered to purchase
the right of way through every holding
and the engineers say they had no in
tention of proceeding without legal
titles to the land appropriated. How
eter, excitement ran high when the
large force of graders appeared upon the
scene. Indian Agent Fisher also pro
tested against the trespass upon the
government land without due authority
from the interior department.
These conditions were reported to the
government, and it is believed an order
was asked placing the military at the
disposal of the agent, to be used to
eject the railroad force if necessary.
The officers of the railroad company
say the excitement was uncalled for,
that they never entertained the inten
tion of proceeding without first secur
ing ail the right of way through proper
authority. In the meantime a large
force is waiting for orders to begin
grading.
The engineers say they will wait for
the permit from the government, and
they will satisfy individual claims for
right of way before they begin. The
Indians, whose inteiests are involved,
are intelligent, and they will be guided
in the matter entirely by the agent, in
whom they have implicit oonfidetnce,
and to whom they have appealed for
protection in their legal rights. There
could be no demand for troops other
than to proteot the rights of the govern
ment and the Indian wards. The call,
if made for this purpose, was from a
misapprehension of the purpose of the
railroad company.
Lapwai creek is a stream Sowing from
the southward and joining the Clear
water river about 10 miles east of
Lewiston. The line mentioned in the
foregoing dispatch is not the main
projected line of the Nothern Pacific up
the Clearwater and across into Mon
tana, but a branoh to tap the heavy
timber of the Craig mountains, and the
rich farming lands of the reservation
and Camas prairie. The promptness
with which grading crews get at work
shows how keen is the competition of
the present railroad rivalry.
FRANCE AND ITALY.
Long; Standing Friction Removed by a
Commercial Treaty.
Paris, Nov. 28.—1t was quite unex
pectedly announced this afternoon that
a commercial tieaty has been concluded
between France and : Italy, granting
mutually favored treatment except for
si Ik goods, which will : remain subject
to the maximum tax. c A bill embody
ing the agreement will be submitted
immediately to the chamber .of - depu
ties. The government also | introduced
a bill in the chamber today modifying
the ■ wine duties favorably ;" to Italy.
The negotiations that have culminated
in these arrangements have been on
foot for two years, but nobody believed
that a definite agreement was pending.
It is believed that the Fashoda affair
was instrumental in inducing France to
grant the necessary concessions, though
it is • noteworthy that the silk duties,
which caused the breaking of the treaty
;in 1887, \" remain ;; almost unchanged.
The negotiations have been cond noted
with the utmost secrecy. The effect of
the concessions involved Zis j not yet
known, but it is expected that they will
have an important political influence
for the removal of a long-standing fric
tion between the two countries. The
treaty, it is noticed, was concluded dur
ing the absence of Emperor William
from Germany, and there is much
speculation regarding its probable re
salts upon European alliances.
; serious ; PLAGUE RIOTS.
Thousands of Natives Making; Trouble
/';-'-::-7:^^'-v to: India. "■'
; London, Nov. 23.—A dispatch to the
Times ! from Allahabad, capital of the
northwest provinces of India, says: : X {
"Serious plague irots took place at
Seringapatam, on the island of Cavery,
Mysore, on November 18. Ten thou
sand " natives 5 from the villages round
about .; concentrated I at | Seringapatam,
and made 'if desperate effort to enter
the forts and rescue the prisoners there.
t"- "Another mob from the Mysore side
tried to rush the bridge. In each case,
the police fired volleys and succeeded
in frustrating the attempt Many pet
sons were killed or injured. For 86
hoars the police were kept under
arms. Ultimately troops were dis
patched to the scene of the disturbance
to be in readiness for any renewal."
Freight Locomotive Exploded.
Lima, 0., Nov. 22.-A flight loco
motive on the Chicago & Erie exploded
near here this morning, killing David
Little, the fireman, and piobably fa
tally injuring Walter Bhirtleff. engi
neer; Edward^Qaick, conductor, tad
Frank Smith, brakeman.
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
Shot Fired Km the Wallace Home at
Pendleton.
j Pendleton, Nov. 93.—This evening
lat 6:80 o'clock another shot was fired
close to the house in which lived the
family of Miss May Wallace, who was
murdered a week ago last Thursday
night. The Wallace family gave up
the hoase last Thursday,and P. EL Fee
moved in with bis family. Fee is a
brother of Judge James A. Fee, and
came here but a few days ago from
lowa. The first night the family oc
cupied the house, he beard a noise In
the back yard. Drawing baok a our
tain of the very window through which
Miss Wallace was shot, be saw two
men jump the fence and go scurrying
away toward the woolen mills. He
thought from their general appearance
they were Chinamen. The next night
he also saw men prowling about, and
notified Sheriff Blakely, who detailed
two deputy sheriffs to remain in the
house all night, but they saw no one.
Fee each time armed himself with two
pistols and went quickly in search, but
found no one. By daylight he found
tracks made by a No. 7 shoe, the ordi
nary kind worn by white men. The
affair has deepened the mystery of the
shooting of Miss Wallace, and created
most intense interest here. Were it
not Sunday evening, when but few men
are on the streets and in places of re
sort, probably an attempt would be
made to clean out Chinatown. Feeling
is wrought up, and anger is shown to
ward the Chinese residents, although
it is not positively known that those
hovering about the house were Mon
golians.
AMATEUR TRAIN ROBBERS.
One Bandit Killed and Three Fright-
ened Away.
Barstow, Cal., Nov. 22.-— The first
section of west-bound Santa Fe train
No. 21 was stopped two miles west of
Daggett early this morning by men se
creted in the tender of the engine.
Engineer Bunnell was confronted by
two 45-Caliber revolvers and ordered
to stop, but this order was counter
manded and the train proceeded for
another mile and was then biought to
a standstill at the command of the rob
bers, who evidently expected to meet
pals at this point In this they were
not disappointed, and the robbers or
dered Engineer Bunnell to carry a 20
--ponnd bag of dynamite to the express
car. Messengers llutohinson and Blake
ly appeared at the door of the express
car armed with guns. The robbers
fired at Blakeley, who locating them
by the flash of their guns, returned the
fire, killing one robber. The dead
man's left eye and all that side'of his
head was torn away. The other rob
bers stampeded and made their escape.
A posse is in pursuit and it is thought
that at least one of them will be cap
tured shortly. The dead man has not
been identified. It is thought that the
men were novices at the train robbing
game. They secured no booty.
Brakeman Killed In a Collision.
Dnnsmuir, Cal., Nov. 22.—A fatal
railway accident occurred at an early
hour this morning three miles east of
Delta. The regular westbound freight
train, No. 29, had a pair of oar trucks
off the rail, and while the crew was
engaged in replacing the oar on the
track, a special freight train crashed
Into the caboose, leaving the latter in
halves on the bailer of the engine. One
brakeman, J. U. Lewis, was in tbe ca
boose. He was mortally wounded, and
died while being taken to Delta for
medical aid. There were no other fa
talities. The track was cleared for the
Oregon express without the aid of a
wrecking crew. -
We Will Buy an Island.
Washington, Nov. 22.—-The acquisi
tion of an island in the Caroline group,
owned by Spain, will be part of the
work of the Paris peace commissiion.
Cable communication between the
United States and Manila via Hono
lulu is regarded as desirable, should
we occupy the islands, and Guam
island, in the Ladrone group, and one
of thn Caroline islands would be useful
as intermediary stations. The aoqusi
tion of one of the Caroline islands, con
sidered suitable for a cable station,
would involve a money consideration
and the United States will pay Spain
a reasonable price for its relinquish*
ment.
Cuban Soldiers Will Be Paid.
New York, Not. 21.—A Herald dis
patch from Havana says: The Cuban
army will receive one year's pay on
December 10. Notes for the balance
will be issued and the troops will then
be disbanded. This information comes
from an officer of General Garcia's
personal staff, in whose word implicit
confidence may be plaoed. From what
source the money will come cannot be
stated, but that the United States has
guaranteed the loan is almost certain.
Baden-Powell Dead.
London. Nor. fa. — Sir George
Smythe Baden-Powell, the eminent po
litical economist and authority on col
onial affairs, who represented the
Kirkdale division of Liverpool in parl
iament, in the conservative interest,
since 1885, died today In his Slit year.
" Kxploaion te a Becket factory.
Budapest, Nov. 82.—A dispatch to
the Pester Lloyd from Nigolaief,
Russia, at the confluence of the Ingul
and the Bog, says that 31 persons have
been killed there by an explosion in a
rocket factory. ,
Trainmen Baa Dowa.
New York, Nov. »2.— G. W. Rogors,
of Camden, employed as a conductor
on the Amboy division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, and H. G. Bne, bag
gagemaster of the Rogers* train, were
killed at Bahwar, N. J.. tonight They
bad completed their rua for the day,
and were walking to the depot to take
• train for home, when they were run ,
down by tbe Chicago limited, east-1
bound. Their bodies were oat up and.
scattered along the track for some dif»
PRICE 5 CENTS.
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Spain Will Learn the Fate of
the Philippines.
ULTIMATUM HAS BEEN PREPARED
Amount Offered ~ for ' the ' Islands Will *'
Probably Bo Twenty Millions ."
— Me* More*
Paris, Not. 22.— The Spanish peace
commissioners hare been notified that
the United States commissioners will
be ready to treat with«them in joint
session tomorrow afternoon. Unless
the Spaniards have an adequate reason
for further delay the two commissions
will Join in the most important meet
ing thus far held.
The American commissioners, in a
written communication, will declare
that the third artiole of the protocol i-e
--garding the Philippines is capable of
only one fair construction, that no arbi
tration is needed to elucidate its terms,
and that the United States cannot ad
mit any ether power to figure here
purely as a lexicologist. They will
maintain that the two commissions are
charged to determine whether Spain or
the United States shall in the future
own the Philippines.
This will be accompanied by the
clear declaration that the United
States will possess the Philippines.
Following this declaration, the Amer
ican commissioners will lay before the
Spaniards two alternatives:
First—To accept a sum of money from
the United States and to cede and evac
uate the Philippines.
Second—To lose the Philippines to
the United States by conquest, with
the possibility of other territorial losses,
or indemnify the United States for the
added expense of conquest.
This communication may not be for
mally designated as an ultimatum, but
it will lack naught of the conclusive
ness indioated by that word. This
will be so plain that the Spanish com
missioners will scarcely haggle for
money on the first alternative, nor
cherish any doubt of American action
under the second, should the first be
declined.
No one here, except the American
commissioners, know how much will be
tendered Spain as the cheapest and
most humane way of settling the d'ffl
oulty. She is exceedingly anxious to
escape the Philippine debt, and possi
bly the sum to be offered may be deter
mined by an analysis of the debt,which
consists of $40,000,000 in bonds, on
whioh she realized $36,000,000. Of
the latter amount she is believed to
have expended some $10,000,000 or
$11,000,000 in fighting the United
States and a part in attempting to quell
the Philippine insurgents. A reasona
ble guess at the sum for the tender
would be $20,000,000, although it may
fall below that.
The Cuban question may come again
tomorrow. The American commission
bad thought the discuasion on that
point finished but the Spanish commis
sioners are reported to have declared
last week that the mortagages imposed
by Spain on the Cuban as well as on
the Philippine revenues must not be
impaired or questioned. This would
compel the American commissioners
soon—and probably tomorrow —to de
mand whether Spain means to repudiate
the plain compact of the protocol to
relinquish sovereignty over and title to
Cuba.
Three weeks ago the Spanish commis
sioners accepted the Cuban article in
the protocol without conditions save
that its embodiment in the treaty
should depend on an agreement here on
all the articles of the protocol. Re
cently, however, Spain's representa
tives have said that the Cuban matter
had only been temporarily passed and
was still in abeyance.
DOING THEIR BEST.
Spaniards Will Be Out of Cuba by Hew .
;'. .-'■ ■"'■ '-''■■ ■'-' ' Tear's Day. .2-:"■. ■'_'•_■■ '.'
: Havana, Nov. 22. —Captain-General
Blanco received:from Paris today a %■}s•
cable authorizing him to draw on Paris
for $2,000,000 1 gold, to be applied in
the payment of the Spanish troops in
Cuba. This amount is in addition to
the proceeds of '• the draft for £425,000
by the Madrid government on London,
which was sold here last week.
The Spanish authorities are making
strenuous efforts to complete the evacu
ation by the end of the year. -''"'*-"'■ '
* Martinique • has been selected as the *
place of ?; rendezvous of the Spanith ■">
navy for evacuation purposes. The
Spanish auxiliary cruiser* Patriot* and
Meteoro, purchased in Germany before
the outbreak of hostilities, are expected .
here on December 15, and \ will convoy .
the Spanish boats from Cuban ports to
Martinique, where the Rapid io, Ponce *
de Leon and Concha,:: from Porto Rico,
have already - assembled, and . from
which point all will sail for Spain.
::.\ -■"■;••-' Victim »f Klerato*'Fire. ' r .\ '' "'■ .
Toledo, 0., Nov. 22.—After two
months' of search, and the recovery of
18 dead, the grain handlers at the .
\ Union elevator , found" the body ?of 4 ; an;
unknown man today.. His appearance . -
' indicated him to be a well-to-do man, : ;:..:
and it is supposed be was visiting the
elevator at the time: of the explosion.
: ',--.:*: ' * Anti-Cigarette Law. '.r-' ''-XZ^iUm
Knoxville, Term., Nov. 23.—The -
anti-cigarette law passed Iby the last
Tennessee legislature is declared con
stitutional in an opinion given to the . ..
pre« today by Judge CaldwelL of the
| supreme court of the stale. The opin
■:ion declares that cigarettes are not le- -
gitimate articles of 'commerce^- because ,
they ace wholly noxious and deleteri
ous to. health, and therefore are not
within the provision of the federal eon- .
stitotion protecting legitimate eosa*
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